tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post8725394451309212037..comments2024-03-28T17:16:25.333-04:00Comments on Mad Padre: Thoughts on Staff Sgt. Bales, PTSD, and the Way AheadMad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-44006641559938459772012-03-29T17:27:23.456-04:002012-03-29T17:27:23.456-04:00Not to mention all the guys who have served withou...Not to mention all the guys who have served without issue but are carrying their experiences through life into who knows what. <br /><br />I know more than one person who's first reaction to the civilian airline pilot who went berserk this week, without any facts to go on, was "I wonder if he's a vet?" <br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-65196694799952295922012-03-20T21:58:47.912-04:002012-03-20T21:58:47.912-04:00Thanks for the comment, Bob. I am familiar with G...Thanks for the comment, Bob. I am familiar with Grossman. Some of the psychological distortions mentioned by hiim and Christensen are now coming out in the press ref Bales, his lawyer is now saying, it seems, that he claims he does not remember the incident.<br /><br />Getting guys treatment is key. chiarelli has a lot to say on this subject. Such as removing the D for Disorder from PTSD so soldiers do not feel stigmatized. Lots of work t do here.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044826704035279962.post-7744996187860249552012-03-20T17:44:14.321-04:002012-03-20T17:44:14.321-04:00Reading your latest blog entry put me in mind of a...Reading your latest blog entry put me in mind of a conversation I had some years ago with ex-Lt Col Dave Grossman. He identified the need to ensure that soldiers who began to suffer from combat stress were properly dealt with ... and that if this was done then soldiers could be returned to combat after proper 'treatment'/recuperation.<br /><br />What this soldier is alleged to have done is appalling and should not have happened ... but in the wrong circumstances how many of us can say that we might not have done the same thing?<br /><br />Bob Cordery<br /><br />PS. Dave Grossman was both a combat soldier and psychologist who has written about this (See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Grossman_(author)" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Combat:_The_Psychology_and_Physiology_of_Deadly_Conflict_in_War_and_in_Peace" rel="nofollow">here</a>)Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com